Character: 皇
Modern (Beijing) reading: huáng
Preclassic Old Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Classic Old Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Western Han Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Middle Chinese: ɣwâŋ
English meaning : be august, stately; to regulate, correct
Russian meaning[s]: 1) император, царь; священный, царствующий, августейший; 2) покойный; прошлый (о династии); 3) великий; 4) прекрасный; 5) выправлять; 6) вм. 遑; 7) Хуан (фамилия)
Comments: Also used for a homonymous *w(h)āŋ 'brown-and-white (of a horse)' (or is it rather *ghʷāŋ - cf. 黃 *ghʷāŋ 'yellow'?).
Radical: 106
Four-angle index: 321
Karlgren code: 0708 a-c
Vietnamese reading: hoàng
